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The Arizona sentinel., 1887-11-26
AN INCREDIBLE STORY.
A Story That Double Discounts Rider
 Haggard's Productions.

A Story That Double Discounts Rider Haggard's Productions.
 The great demand at present for im- probable stories leads 10 the belief that the following yarn will be very popular:
 It was night.
 A horseman slowly wound his way at mad gallop up the hill road which led to Cookport
 A ride of three or four miles brings him 10 his destination in two minutes and half
 He stops befc re 6 humble vine- clad cottage, the palatial marble residence of Miss Agatha Hungerford Snipps.
 Agatha is the only daughter of her parents, who manage to live sumptu- OusIy in hard working retirement on an income of fifty dollars per year.
 Mir. and Mrs. Snipps are both dead.
 Although Agatha is an orphan, she has been reared to know no want. Her education was finished one-fin- ished this very year, in fact; and, in- credible as it may seem, she not only knew as much when she left college as when she entered it. but she had actu- ally learned something.
 She had learned that it is not proper to ask for second plate of soup un- less she is very, very hungry.
 Agatha" said Mrs. Snipps, "who is that woman alighting at the gate?'
 That woman." observed Mir. Snipps, without giving Agatha time to reply, ais Mir. Montgomery Digby Jones, and he has come to see our Agatha. He loves her. but he does not like to pro- pose. knowing she is the heiress of all these vast estates. He hesitates oi incumbcr himself with so much prop erty, as well as with wife. But Agatha" turning to the girl, "trea, him well. He will make a good son. in-law."
 'The old folks withdrew as MT. Jones rang the bell. He was soon ushered into the parlor where sat the blooming Agatha, tall, willowy girl of four feet high and weighing two hundred and seventy-two pounds ten | ounces.
 Agatha and D;gby were engaged, although the girls parents knew it not.
 They had been betrothed for two days.
 "Evenin'," said Digby, as he stepped within the doorway.
 "Howdy," replied Agatha. She kept her Seat by the window while plgby seated himself ueross the room by the door
 After some dcsultOry conversation DIgby remarked;
 Agatha. I hear that they have some excellent ice cream at Brown s confectionery. Lot us go and get some."
 No" replied Agatha, "I never eat ice cream. "- 7id-B Bits.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-11-26

We've lost our home here, you know, and don't sec just how to begin again. yet. I'm all old man to begin again.
 But we can spare! We can't spare you out of the church, We can't spare you out of the prayer meeting"
 Deacon Simon looked searchingly at Mr. Clover's honest, earnest face, and presently tears dimmed his eyes.
 You really mean it; you're saying it in earnestr' he said. Well, thank the Lord! Seems to me now I can go in peace. I male sure everybody would be glad. and it hurt me most of all just now. IT haUe loved the church. Nobody prayeI deeper out of his heart for it than l."
 No; and tell you we can't spare such praying; we won't, either, if l can help it. Come, I want to talk this all over. I've got som9 money to invest This is the very place I've besn looking for to put it in; near to the town; rising in the value every day. Martin going to put it in the market; I'll buy it from hlm. if you Il stay here and keep it for me"
 The deacon could not keep the light from rising in his face, but he said steadily: "The farm won't bring you the interest of your money. I've done my best on it and 1 know."
 IN ever mind, it'll be trebled in value in ten years for building lots, and besides wouldn't it pay if there was some capital put in, you know fertilizers, and new machines? Wouldn't I like to try the experi- mont! Bat I couldn't do it alone. Won't you stay and help me out in it?''
 Deacon Simon had been a proud man. He had never asked sympathy CT help in his life. To have them poured upon him unasked in this hour of his desolation was very sweet to him; sweeter than he had words 10 express. His heart clung to the old place. He could not refuse the triend- ly offer thus made 10 him.
 "What a Thanksgiving this will be for usr' he said, as he badc his visitor good night.
 You won't mind. Ellen" said Mir. Clover to his wife that night, If the church is not re-decorated this year, will you?"
 "No," she replied-'it can spare the paint better than it can Deacon Simon's prayers.
 "You don't think I've fetched the gift off the altar changing my plan with it?'
 "No;" and presently she repeated: "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. I'M E. Ben- nett
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-11-26
Living Mastodons.

D. H. Summers, of Denver, Col, who has spent some time in Alaska, says that the existence of living mas todons is not the fabrication of North ern furriers, but the Stick Indians told him positively that they had seen such animals. One Indian related that he had been attracted by a huge track and followed it up until he came to ihe animal which made it H, described the beast as being larger than house, with shining yellow tusks and mouth large enough to swallow him at one gulp. Many similar stories are cur rent among the natives. - Chicago Inter- Ocean.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-11-26

Little Georgie used to say his even- ing prayer while sitting in his mothers lap. One night he hoppsd down, md dropping ou his knees, raised his hands In very devotional attitude, and re' peated; "Now I lay me down to sleep" Charmed at the manifestation of rev erence, his father asked: "Georgie, do you suppose God likes to have you say your prayers this way better than the way you used toP" 70, l don't suppose God cares anything about it, " the child replied. '1 was thinking of the kangaroo. He had been to the menagerie and seen the animal sitting on its launches with its fole feet placed together somewhat as he placed his hands in saying his prayers. Boston Pnss
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-11-26
ToLL'VER'S NELL.

She's little mite O creetur,
 Har'ly knee high ter duck, But ter sight a cutter, sweeter
 Face has never been my luck, Ha'r a middlin' sorrel color, Eyes that make the sky look duller; Thet's her style and suits me well Ez the rest O Tolrver's Nell. Laws, she wouldn' rach my shoulder,
 Boosted up on tippy-toes! Yet feel CT right smart bolder
 Wen she ain't so ve'y close. Gurus thet a gel sh'u' daze me- Wen no man CT beast kin faze mel Peers like its kind O spell No one hes 'cep' Tolrver's Nell. am not much use ter takin'
 Any word of any man; But set plumb scart an shakin'
 Wen she 'casion'ly sez; Dan! How long fore yell low it's true Thet hev no use for you!' She's a master hand to tell Cuttin' things, is Toll'Yer's Nell. Thar be men 'ud git erfended
 By sech plain-out talk, ye sayf Well, it pears ez ef I'm tended
 Stren'th ter stan it this-a-way; Fer I'm boun' ter stick till she Takes me ter git shet O me; Ye kin wear out any gel, Tho she's sot as Toll'ver's Nell
 -EUd Witder McGLGssoH, in TTi- Bits.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-11-26
WHITTIER's YOUTH.
His First Published Poem and the Friend
 It Brought Him.

It Brought Him.
 Whittier began to rhyme very early and kept his gift a secret from all ex- cept his oldest sister, fearing that his father, who was a prosaic man, would think he was wasting time He wrote under the fence, in the attic, in the barn-wherever he could escape ob- servation; and as pen and ink were not always available, he sometimes used chalk. and even charcoal Great was the surprise of the family when some of his verses were unearthed. literally unearthed. from under heap of rubbish in a garret; but his fathe drowned upon thess evidences of the bent of his mind. not out of kindness. but because he doubted the sufficiency of the boys education for a literary life, and did not wish to inspire him with hopes which might never be full filled.
 His sister had faith in him, neverthe- less, and, without his knowledge, she sent one of his poems to the editor of the Free Press. a newspaper published in Newburyport Whittier was helping his fisher to repair stone wall by the roadside, when the carrier flung copy of the paper to him. and. unconscious that any thing of his was in it. he opened it and glanced up and dowl the columns. His eyes fell on some verses called ''The Exile's Depart Lre:"
 Fond scenes which delighted my youthful ex
 istence,
 With feelings of sorrow bid ye adieu- lasting adieu; for now, dim in the distance The shores of Hibernia recede from my
 view.
 Farewell to the cliffs. tempest-beaten and
 gray,
 Which guard the loved shores of my own nar
 tive land;
 Farewell to the village and sail-shadowed bay. The forest crowned hill and the water-washed
 strand.
 His eyes swan; it was his own poem, the first he ever had in print.
 What is the matter with thee?" his father demanded, seeing how dazed he was; but though he resumed his work on the wall he could not speak, and he had to steal glance at the paper again before he could convince him. self that he was not dreaming. Sure enough, the poem was there with his initial at the foot of it-"W., Haver- hill, June 1. 1S26,' and, better still. this editorial notice: If w., at Haverhill. will continue to favor us with pieces beautiful as the one in serted in our poetical department of to-day, we shall esteem it favor
 The editor thought so much of 'The Exile's Departure. and some other verses which followed it from the same hand, that he resolved to make the acquaintance of his new contributor, and he drove over to see him. Whittier, then boy of eighteen, waa summoned from tho fields where is was working, clad only in shirt, trousers and straw hat. and having slipped in at the back door so that hs might put his shoes sud coat on. came into the ron with "shriuking diff. fdence, almost unable to speak. and blushing like maiden" The editor was young man himself. not more than twenty-two or twenty-three. and the friendship that began with this visit lasted until death ended it How strong and how close it was. and how it was made to serve the cause of freedom may be learned in the life oi the great sbolitionist, William Lloyd Garrison. which was the edi prs name, -Sk Nlchotqs,
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-11-26

The first young girl 10 be crcmat- ed in America was nine-year-old Aida Weissleder, the daughter of the super intendent of the Brush Electric Light Company in Cincinnati. Her body was burned in the crematory in that city. The corpse, wrapped in white alum linen, with white and yellow roses on the breast, was slid in the re- tort by two attendants. who at once retired. and in the stiffness that fol- lowed the mourners could hear the puff and sizzle of the gases of the body as the heat devoured it. After an hour the blue flames stopped circling about the body and long white streak was seen whero it had been. These ashes when gathered up weighed less than a pound. They were re- turned to the parents and will be pre- served in an urn. It was the ninth in- cinerntion at the crematory.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-11-26

-The Jmmissloncr of Patents in A preliminary report to tho Secretary of the Interior, shows that the number of applications for patents of ali kinds for the fl cal year 1886 and 1887 was S8. 4OS against 40. 67S for the previous year. Number oi applications for pat ents, S5, ASA; for designs, 797; reissue. 150; registration of trade marks, 1.270; of labels. 757; caveats, 2,616. Total, 4O,024. Number of patents granted. including number reissues and designs. 21, 732; trade marks registered, 1, 101; labels registered, SS4. Total, 29,2lI Public 0niaion,
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-11-26
A FAMOUS EXPLORER.
Tke Career, Achievements and Death oi
 Vitus 9ehripg,

FItu8 zteIIFEUSt
 It is now just twenty years sinco our Government bought of Russia all her possessions on this continent, Since that purchase Alaska has boon made familiar 10 us in the reports of officials. of scientific explorers, of traders and of tourists. The earlier history of the Territory is full of interest for it is marked by undertakings of the most intrepid daring and of heroic advent ure. That was bold plan that directed from S. Petersburg an ex- pediticn across the north of Asia, the building of vessels on the Eastern coast. and the discovery of a separate continent on the opposite side of the
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-11-26

There are few more disagreeable people in this world than the people who are always doing wrong and then telling you how bad they feel about it. They ought either 10 do right or else get Q tougher conscience.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-21

The Gallipots, particularly the
papers of that town, seem to beverly
jealous of Point Pleasant and its
prosperity. 1t seems to do these
editors great good to say taunting
and mean things about our town.
The Point Pleasant people bear no
ill feeling against the GaIlipots, and
are only too glad to say agood word
for the old place. These constant
attacks from the press of that city
upon Point Pleasant and her people,
comes with bad grace, to say the
least. Where would Gallipolis be
if the trade of Point Pleasant and
the Kanawha Valley would sud
denly turn from it, to other chan
nels? You editors down there
would do well to pause and reflect.
We are an amiable an hospitable
people, but rifle us once and there is
hill in us, you bet
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-21
Final Notice.

A Ii claims due the late firm of Drs.
II Barbee S Stone. not promptly paid
by the 18th day of September, 1887, will
be placed in the hands OF Rankin Wiley,
Jr., attorney-at-law, for immediate col
lection.
all claims of the late firm Of Drs. Bar
bee < Frayel, aswell as the undersigned,
not promptly paid BY the 18th day Of
hands of n l. Bryan, attorney-at- law
aud justice OF the peace, for immediate
collection. Up until September 18th,
1887, the Claims Of she several late FIRMS
may be found at the Office Of the under
signed; after that date, viii be found in
he hands eftlle above named attorneys.
ANDREW R BARBEE, N. D.
Point Pleasant, w Va Aug. s, 'S7.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-21

Isaac Long, Esq, of ArbuckIe,
left at this office Saturday, four ears
of corn, and huge sweet potato.
the product of the farm of Mr.. New
ton Long, Cunningham, Mo. This
corn had but one good rain upon it,
but it is large and fully developed.
If such corn can be raised in Mis-
souri,, without rain, what would it
have been if the season had been
good. The varieties seem to be
different from the corn raised in
this county, and if our farmer
friends will call at this Office, we
will be glad to deal it out to them
for seed, that they may experiment
with it. Corn that will mature
without rain is what our farmers
most need.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-21

HENDERSON ITEMs.-Sam. Ster-
rett left last week for Alum Springs,
Virginia
Miss Lizzie Clendenin visited rel,
atives up Kanawha, Sunday.
Mrs. Robt. McCausIand and sons
Robert and John, left Monday 70,
their home at ST Louis, No.
Mrs. Spencer, of your city, and
Mrs. Dat Stribling and daughter, OF
Mcrcer's Bottom, were guests OF
Miss Lizzie Smith, Saturday.
Henry Sterrett spent Friday at
Middleport, Ohio.
John Gibson has made his resi-
dence look handsome by new coat
of paint
Harry Shrewsbury, of Clifton, wa.
the guest of Charley Clendenin, las
Sunday.
Mrs RObt. Morris is visiting
friends at CooIeville, Ohio.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-21

PLINY IrMEs.-I have been very
busy for some months, which ac-
counts for there being no items
from Pliny for the good old REGIS
TER
The farmers are all busily en-
gagged in cutting corn
Miss Ella Rose, Mr.. Mel. Skinner
and Miss Minnie Rose are visiting
friends in Gallia county, Ohio.
Misses Mollie Summers, Maggie
Priddy and Annie Lanham have re-
turned home from Addison, Ohio,
where they have been visiting
Misses Jennie and Annie Reece.
They had a nice time and enjoyed
their visit very much.
Misses Bette and Minnie Adams
are very sick; they are under the
medical treatment of DIR. Nash. We
hope for their speedy recovery.
Miss Nellie Lanham, of Clifton,
who has been visiting relatives in
this neighborhood. has returned
home, accompanied by Miss Nora
Lanham, of Pliny
There is quite boom in railroad
ties at all the stores in Pliny.
VIM Amsbury is happy-it's a
boy, and he says it's snorter
We are having more drunkenness
in this neighborhood than is neces-
sary for the peace aud happiness of
the people
Miss Ida Lanham's kitchen
caught fire from the flue but it was
extinguished before any damage
was done. L.
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Resolu,iona.

At a Quarterly Conference, held
at Bechtel Chapel, New Haven
Charge, o. B. Church, September
To- 1887, the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
Resolued, That engaging in and
patronizing APhe Louisiana Lot
terry is. anti=Christian, and those
who engage in the same not only
endanger their own interests, but
engage in an unlawful enterprise
which Christian people should dis
countenapce And this Quarterly
Conference hereby enters its protest
against any member of this church
engaging in the same.
Resolued, That the Secretary for
ward copy of these resolutions to
the county papers, with the request
that they be published.
J. u. HENsIEY. Sec'y.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-21


WHITE HALL ITEMs.-The wea-
ther continues dry and good water
is getting scarce with those who
live on the hills.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Poston and
their little son Clinton, have re-
Gently returned from a visit among
their relatives, in Athens county,
Ohio. They report as dry weather
there as here.
Misses Ella and May Rose were
the guests of Miss Della Poston,
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. q. E. Skinner and
their brother Nell, are visiting
friends in Gallia county, Ohio, this
week.
School has commenced with Mr..
Robert Pinnick, as teacher.
Sabbath school still continues to
interest the young people of this
place We learn that they all voted
t. have it continued another quarter.
\ young man from Bigsteen came
to Sunday School last Sunday with
a snake in his pocket and when the
house was filed. mostly with young
ladies and children, he let the snake
escape. which caused speedy exit
of all; when some gentlemen came
in with sticks and Mr.. Snake was
soon no more. But we are aston
ished that any man who wishes to
Ire called Il gentleman would disturb
a congregation in such a way. Or
perhaps he thinks the scholars of
White Hall are savages or Hotten-
tots, and don't know it is ill-man-
nerly and disorderIy and that they
are only tit to be with snakes and
toads.
Apple cuttings appear to be the
order of the day, as there has been
several of late. HAZEL BUSH.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-21
PERsoNAI.-our good old Demo-


cratic friend and Postmaster at
Bryan, Peter Meadows, Esq, gave
us very pleasant call last Wednes-
day. Mr.. Meadows lisa wheel-horse
in the Democratic party of that part
of the county, and is a gentleman of
great influence in his community.
He would make a good representa-
tive in the Legislature from the
South side of the Great Kanawha
Mr.. Meadows has kindly consented
to act as Agent for the REGISTER at
Bryan, and we hope our friends will
call on him and send in their sub
scriptions.
Mr.. John ]. Dashner and wife.
who have been visiting relatives in
this place, left for their home in
Missouri, last Thursday. Mrs. Capt.
John Thornburg accompanied them.
We were pleased to meet last
week, Mr.. William Barnett, of
Wayne county, Southern Iowa. He
is back with his wife on visit to
his many friends and relatives in
this, his native county, from which
he emigrated thirty seven years ago.
He looks hale and hearty, and the
clever gentleman which he is.
Mr.. VIM. Long. of Mason county.
was visitor to our town last Satur-
day Winfeld Irrepresst6le.
Mr.. ]. Friedman, of the firm of J.
Friedman & Co., has gone East after
a stock of goods.
Misses Mary odel and Stella
starkey, of Pomeroy, Ohio, who
have been visiting Miss Ida Mid
dlecoff, this city, returned home last
Monday.
C. G. Watts, Esq, o. S. District
Attorney for West Virginia, and
Harry Camden, Esq, of Charleston,
were among the callers at this office
Monday.
Hon. ID. H. Leonard, of Parlers-
burg, was down here all the week,
attending our Circuit Court.
Hon. Jas. B. Menager has just re-
turned from professional visit to
CharIestown, Jefferson county.
We acknowledge pleasant call
from Hon Thos TT Harvey nf the
Huntington Bar, this week.
Col. Jerry Hill, of Hills Central
Hotel, Parkersburg, dropped into
our sanctum Tuesday morning, on
his return from the Springs. We
were gratified to see him SO much
improved in health.
Miss Maud Swan, of the Pleasant
Flats, is visiting the family of Sheriff
II. G. Nease, this city.
Hon. E. B. Knight, of the Kama
wha Bar, has been attending Court
here the past week.
Judge r. S. Brown, of Ravens
wood, is in the city. We acknowl-
edge a pleasant call from him. By
the way, his friends are booming
him as the Democratic candidate
for Governor of this State.
The Ohio River Railroad Com
pany is to be congratulated in hav-
ing such experienced and accommo-
dating Conductors as j. F. Patrick,
E. B. Conrad, G. NJ. Holland and
Capt. Kinds. We recently made a
trip over this road and in our travels
was thrown in charge of all these
gentlemen, whom we observed
closely. They are pleasant and
accommodating to their passengers,
and make friends for the road and
themselves every day. 1t does one
good to travel with such men, 1t
is these men that has made the o.
R. r. SO popular with the travelling
public.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-21

The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union will hold an Institute at
Charleston, September 20 and 80,
1887. The object being to train our
workers in the methods of the or
ganization and to discuss the best
measures for the promotion of tenn
perance work Unions are espe-
.cially urged to send delegates and
friends actively interested in the
work are cordially invited to at
tend. Those expecting to attend
will please send their names to Miss
Jane Hogue, of Charleston.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-21

We direct attention to the new
advertisement of Harry Franks
Sons, Gallipolis, Ohio, in this issue.
They are bound to sell under every
body else, and are not afraid to
quote prices. Drop in and see them
when in the city.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-21

The people in the Extension are
complaining, and justly, too, about
their treatment from the town au
thorities. They say they pay their
taxes promptly, but in return get
nothing from the Council, not even
a ditch to drain off the water, nor a
pavement to walk upon. They are
are willing to build their own pave
ments if the town will establish the
grade and put in the curbing and
sand. Now this is a fair business
proposition. and the Council ought
to accede to their demands.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-21

The property owners along the
Clarksburg road are anxious to
know if the Council intend to repair
the damage done to their property
by the raising of the grade of that
street, and destroying their drain
age and sidewalks. Will the Coun-
ell be honorable and fair in this
matter?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-21

Mrs. Lizzie Lemaster, a lunatlc,
confined in the county jail, was tax
en- to the Asylum for the Insane, at
Weston, Tuesday morning. She
was a daughter of the late James
McCombs.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-21

John NJ. Adkins new three-story
brick is now under roof 1t is an
imposing structure. Let other bus
mess men follow his example, and
we will soon have nice lot of bus
mess buildings.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-21

Coal from 81 to s1,5O cheaper, on
the 100 bushels, from the Consum-
er's Coal and Mining Co., than any
body else sells it. w. R. Tippett,
Agent.